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The Bay State has stepped up its investigation into the fraudulent sale of private placements by securities brokers. Today, the Massachusetts Securities Division announced that it issued 6 subpoenas to National Securities; QA3 Financial; CapWest Securities; Independent Financial Group; Investors Capital; and Centaurus Financial seeking information related to the sale of Medical Capital Holdings Inc. and Provident Royalties. Earlier this year, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed a securities fraud lawsuit against Securities America charging the firm with misleading investors in the sale of Medical Capital Notes. [See Massachusetts Regulators Charge Securities America With Securities Fraud]

Although the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is primarily concerned with the sale of Provident Royalties and Medical Capital Notes to residents of that state, the fraudulent sale of risky private placements has affected thousands of investors across the nation and is now the subject of intense scrutiny. Several of the brokers that were subpoenaed by Massachusetts have been subjected to an influx of customer arbitration claims and securities class action lawsuits. [See: Medical Capital Class Action or Arbitration: Investors Should Consider Their Options and related blog postings discussed therein.]